Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power

genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.

"But they weren't final assets!" My siblings in turn-based RPGs, if your crops were irrigated with unfiltered sewage-water that poses tangible and existential risks to your field (literal and professional)...your cooking doesn't get to win culinary awards. That's just not a sensible thing to do. 🤷🏻

Happy anniversary to the Phantasy Star series! ⭐ I just wanted to redraw that title screen.

I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!” And I hate to say it But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas Quit.

Whenever I complain about America here I get dozens of replies being like "yeah Trump ruined this country". Honey it was ruined long before Trump, he's just making it worse.

"As soon as you humanize the monster, it ceases to be a fantasy adventure" is a heck of a quote. It's a heck of a quote to put on something that LOUDLY wears Ghibli as its branding.

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We are being ruled by openly known child sexual predators. Half the country thinks raping kids is okay and good. And the other half the country thinks there's nothing we can do because the rules don't give us answers. Sometimes it's hard to not just start screaming and never stop.

I can *100% assure you* that if this report found that trans people & "wokeness" tanked the Harris campaign, the DNC would release it in a heartbeat

New York Times HR manager poring over Epstein files to scout potential new hires

Guess I'll post this again

What the fuck

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

Have I recommended Slay the Princess enough this year? Better recommend it again just to be sure. Play Slay the Princess.

the trans panic, legislation of transmisogyny, etc. is not "distracting from the epstein files", it entrenches the sexual abuse. transphobia towards trans kids always entails sexual abuse, by families & states. one of epstein's first victims was a trans girl, ava cordero, who was not believed

Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)

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Me: so I broke my arm Canadian doctor: MAID Me: uh, is that the only...? Canadian doctor: (producing two buckets of bubbling green liquid) so do you want 'painful?' Or 'extremely painful?'

*vibrates violently holding a degree in interdisciplinary communication and collaboration* You do not need genAI to communicate your ideas as a non-artist to an artist! A generated image doesn't actually share the key info that needs to passed on AND it discourages fruitful discussion

People like Bongino and MTG jumping ship is a sign the rats have picked up a bad scent. Those two are every bit as evil as Trump and his other scum, but both are experienced grifters who know you can never go full True Believer, even if you pretend to. (Liberals please do not start praising Bongino)

Me: Tetris is basically Jurassic Park. Ty: *controller disconnected*

I just listened to this part of the episode today and I was dying laughing here 🤣

while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article

Your employer will explain to you that have a career, not just a job, then deny your PTO request and tell you to f*ck off when you ask for a raise

Mandates to return to office has nothing to do with productivity & everything about control. This is class war. The people in power will not tolerate workers to have freedom or autonomy, or gain any sense of enjoyment/fulfillment from their work. That kind of stuff isn’t allowed.

the CEO of larian just pulled the "i'm 12 years old on myspace and my internet girlfriend dumped me" move i'm not kidding

If you're into 1st Edition Pathfinder, Owen made a pretty cool class! It's kind of like a talented spellcaster, but the talents are other class's specialization abilities. It's pretty interesting.

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Azlanti propagandists are experts in using image generation AI, ensuring that a minimal number of 'true believer' artists are able to flood the market, present a front of inevitability, and outcompete the actual Star Empire artists who hate the fascism that their Azlanti rulers embody

“.. The US economy is in a hiring recession. Almost no jobs have been added since April. “Wage gains are slowing. “710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.” @byheatherlong.bsky.social

man, fuck AI fuck AI for making us distrust everything fuck AI for giving us worse services at higher prices fuck AI for using our water sources fuck AI for taking our jobs

Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch' or reference. I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work. Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey. Maybe that's the point.

"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao just 90% of what concept is🤣

Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.

“But I know one reporter who mastered a new skill they don’t teach in journalism school...While his hands are behind him in zip ties, he can pull out his phone and still type out emergency messages asking for help. I’ve been on the receiving end of quite a few of those." Yeah...been there

if you hate unmediated AI use at your workplace without worker input, if your boss is speaking over you & for you, consider unionizing. shop and industry unions are bargaining and ratifying real, material AI protections RIGHT NOW.

Reminder: If you use generative AI for anything, your feet stink and also you're very stupid

Apparently they used *MORE* AI in E33, and keep trying to normalize the usage. over and over.

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Well, that's a no from me, even 5+ years down the road. It's not "oh we're using GenAI for assets" but even in the "brainstorming and placeholder writing" stages? If you're going to admit it, admit that it hasn't really led to anything AND that there's been pushback in a PUFF PIECE? I'm out.

Using ChatGPT for generating “Stub dialogue” and “placeholder” Aka First drafts

this isn't a "pick your battles" situation. you can just not buy a game and it won't affect your life at all. you don't need it we NEED to take a hard stance with this shit

If it’s AI, I ain’t fuckin touching it. Zero tolerance, no middle ground. They want the inch to get their mile. Absolutely no doubt in my mind.